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partition file systems for Windows and Linux

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wpshooter

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If I have Windows 2000 installed using an NTFS partition/file system and I want to install Ubuntu Linux, what file system/partition method do I use for the Linux partitions ?

What Linux file system(s) will be compatible with NTFS on the Windows side and if there are more than one for Linux, which would be the best to use for the Linux partitions ?

Thanks.
 
Typically you use ext2, ext3, and ResierFS for Linux (there are other more obscure ones like XFS). I'm not sure, but it may be possible to install Linux on FAT32 (labeled vfat).

I believe all (ext2,ext3,RFS) have quite decent support on Windows with extra drivers (and a program for ResierFS).

Linux can access (read+write) FAT32, and (only with special driver for most distros) read+write NTFS. Write support for NTFS is dangerous in most default Linux distros so make sure you install and use the NTFS Captive module.
 
Originally posted by: wpshooter
If I have Windows 2000 installed using an NTFS partition/file system and I want to install Ubuntu Linux, what file system/partition method do I use for the Linux partitions ?
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Personally I think ReiserFS is the fastest. Never had any issues with it either.

Originally posted by: wpshooter
What Linux file system(s) will be compatible with NTFS on the Windows side and if there are more than one for Linux, which would be the best to use for the Linux partitions ?

Thanks.
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Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a windows driver for resiserfs off the top of my head, but I know that there are plenty of ways to access ext2 and ext3 partitions from within windows and they seem to be the most commonly used file system formats for linux.
 
Ya.. Generally you want to have a small Fat32 partition to make it easy to transfer files between Linux and Windows.

Windows doesn't support any Linux file formats, and Linux can only safely use NTFS read-only (generally). You generally don't want to use Fat32 for the native Windows file system because it sucks compared to NTFS. So the simpliest way is to have a small seperate Fat32 partition.

The best way is to have a seperate file server on a network and use that to serve files to either OS, but obviously this is more expensive and difficult.
 
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